Patent Attorney (PQ or FQ), Digital (Physics)

Discipline: Engineering/Maths/Physics with strong computing component

Technologies: Ability to work in complex mathematical fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning models, mathematical modelling, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics, statistical analysis, cryptography, quantum computing, post-quantum techniques.

Preferred minimum level of qualification: 1st Class Degree - Batchelors/Masters/Doctorate

EIP tech group: Digital

Seniority: Part-qualified/Qualified

Term: Permanent

Working hours: Full-time (3 days in the office 2 from home)

About EIP Digital

EIP Digital encompasses a broad technology spectrum including computer hardware, software and machine learning/AI, electronics, wireless and telecommunications, applied physics and optics. Strength in these fields has been at the core of EIP and our continued success since we were founded in 2000.

Renowned for its experience in patent drafting and strategic patent prosecution, and a go-to practice for litigation in high-tech patent cases, EIP's Digital team has been engaged in many of the highest profile patent litigation cases in the UK and Germany, and oppositions at the EPO, in recent years.
EIP Digital team members are appointed to many high-value matters which require extraordinary levels of expertise, including licensing, technology standards, pre-litigation analysis, and litigation itself, with high rates of success. Many of these members operate at the intersection of various cutting areas such as electronics and health-tech, AI and drug discovery.

About The Vacancy

We are looking for patent attorneys from all levels who are capable of handling maths-heavy technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, cryptography, and similar high-tech digital technologies. Successful candidates will have a background in mathematics, physics, computer science or engineering. Although qualification to PhD level is preferred, we will consider any candidate with a strong first or further degree who demonstrates the required skill and knowledge to handle these technologies.

Experience, Skills Qualifications

You will be comfortable working in a modern, fast-paced environment where you are given a level of autonomy to do your work. Successful candidates will also be able to demonstrate the following:
• Excellent academics
• An appropriate professional attitude (personable, well prepared, flexible and enthusiastic)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely, and the ability to structure a precise and coherent argument
• Ability to deal with a variety of people at different levels
• Ability to balance knowledge of intellectual property law against commercial requirements
• Ability to work under pressure, which may be the result of competing and inflexible deadlines when working for more than one client at the same time
• Excellent research and presentation skills
• Meticulous attention to detail, and an analytical mind
• Initiative and the ability to act independently and manage own workload

About EIP

EIP is award-winning patent firm which and specialises in high-value and complex patent matters. In 2024 EIP won Managing IP’s ‘European Patent Contentious Firm of the Year’ award and for the sixth year in a row. EIP has been ranked in the FT's list of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms and is one of only three firms in Europe to achieve a gold ranking in each of their six categories.

EIP has around 185 employees who operate from six European offices (London, Bath, Leeds, Cardiff, Stockholm and Düsseldorf) as well as one office in the US (Denver). Our multidisciplinary team combines patent attorneys, litigators and commercial IP lawyers, has an impressive global client base from SMEs to multinational blue-chip companies and includes telecoms owners, major software developers, pharma and biotech companies, medical device manufacturers, aerospace and logistics companies.

Diversity is an intrinsic part of EIP’s business culture. We are proud to support the IP Inclusive initiative, and we are a signatory to the IP Inclusive Charter. EIP actively engages in diversity efforts and is committed to developing an attitude of openness for the benefit of all those working in the IP profession. Read more